tabes
Americannoun
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a wasting of a bodily organ or part
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short for tabes dorsalis
Other Word Forms
- tabetic adjective
Etymology
Origin of tabes
1645–55; < Latin tābēs wasting, decay, akin to tābēre to waste away
Example Sentences
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In certain diseases, especially tabes, the pupils do not respond to light stimuli, but accommodate themselves to objects.
From Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso by Lombroso, Gina
Except that the joint disease is seldom symmetrical, it closely resembles the arthropathy of tabes.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
Muscle Training.—It is this power of training to enable us to appreciate minute sensations that forms the basis of the Frenkel treatment of tabes.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
This is seriously disturbed by the degeneration in tabes.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
We cannot cure the tabes of the spinal cord.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
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